Number-Grid Puzzle: Multiply & Add
Leroy Quet
qqquet at mindspring.com
Fri Feb 7 04:47:34 CET 2003
I posted the below to sci.math yesterday. Others who replied found many
solutions for n =3.
I am wondering what the sequence is, where the n_th term is the number of
solutions for the n-by-n grid.
Thank you,
Leroy Quet
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> For a positive integer n, put the integers 1 through n^2, one
>integer
> per cell, into an n-by-n grid, such that:
>
> the sum of the products of the elements in each row =
> the sum of the products of the elements in each column.
>
> Here is an example, which is NOT a solution, but hopefully will
> clear-up any confusion as to what I am asking:
>
> n = 3:
>
> 1 9 3
>
> 6 4 7
>
> 5 8 2
>
> products of rows: 27, 168, 80,
> which when summed is 275;
>
> products of columns: 30, 288, 42,
> which when summed is 360.
>
> Since 275 does not equal 360, this is not a solution.
>
> For which n are there solutions?
>
> I don't know, myself, if any n >= 2 have a solution, since I
>haven't
> tried too hard yet to find any solutions.
>
> Thanks,
> Leroy Quet
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